Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> writes:
> I think this indicates that pg_ctl is trying to connect to the
> database just to see if it's running, but you have set it to require
> SSL certificate on connections from localhost. Could that be so? If
> so, try setting the requirement for certificates only on non-localhost
> addresses and see if it starts up properly in that case.
Hmm, seems like we should modify pg_ctl's probe code to set
sslmode = disable. Letting that default just provides an additional
way to fail ...
regards, tom lane